Clay Mason Stephens

Position:
AA
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Adelaide, Australia
High School:
Immanuel College

Individual Event Titles

Event	Titles
Floor	2
Pommel Horse	--
Still Rings	--
Vault	2
Parallel Bars	--
High Bar	--
All-Around	--
Total	4

Career Highlights

2x Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020)
2x B1G Freshman of the Week (Jan. 22 & Jan. 29, 2019)

Career Highs

Floor Exercise: 14.800 (at Oklahoma, 3/9/19)
Pommel Horse: 12.250 (vs. UIC, 1/12/19)
Still Rings: 13.150 (vs. Iowa, 1/26/19)
Vault: 14.600 (vs. Stanford & Minnesota, 3/2/19)
Parallel Bars: 14.100 (vs. Stanford & Minnesota, 3/2/19)
High Bar: 13.650 (at Windy City Invitational, 1/15/22)
All-Around: 79.650 (at Windy City Invite, 1/19/19)

Senior - 2022

Academic All-Big Ten
Saw action in eleven meets, primarily on floor, vault, parallel bars and high bars
Set career-high for high bars (13.650) at the Windy City Invitational

Junior - 2021

Academic All-Big Ten
Saw action in two meets, primarily on rings, parallel bars and high bar
Set new career-high on high bar (12.900)

Sophomore - 2020

Academic All-Big Ten
Did not compete

Freshman - 2019

Academic All-Big Ten
Back-to-back B1G Freshman of the Week (Jan. 22 & Jan. 29, 2019)
Secured four event titles on the season, including two on floor exercise and two on vault
Vault run of 14.600 vs. Stanford/Minnesota marked a season high
Performed a season-high 14.800 floor routine at Oklahoma on March 9
Season-best all-around total of 79.650 at the Windy City Invitational
Competed in the first seven meets for the Illini before an injury held him out the remainder of the year

High School/Club

Competed alongside Tyson Bull as a member of the Australian national team at the 2017 Gymnastics World Championships
Earned a 14th place finish on vault at the 2017 World Championships
Finished 63rd on parallel bars at the 2017 World Championships
Fourth on bars and fifth on vault at the 2017 World Cup in Melbourne, Australia
Spent time as a volunteer gymnastics coach
Chauffeured for the vision impaired

Personal

Father is Deane Stephens
Mother is Louise Mason
Has two brothers, Jackson and Pierce
Born May 19, 1997
Chose Illinois because, "it has an exciting and enthusiastic gymnastics program with a great bunch of selfless athletes. Everyone in the program at Illinois has the goal of improving their gymnastics and supporting their teammates to do the same. Being in a healthy environment like that will help me to develop my gymnastics to the highest possible level and hopefully help the team achieve great things."